The current state of knowledge is a moment in history, changing just as rapidly as the state of knowledge in the past has ever changed and, in many instances, more rapidly.
Jean PiagetThe self thus becomes aware of itself, at least in its practical action, and discovers itself as a cause among other causes and as an object subject to the same laws as other objects.
Jean PiagetTo express the same idea in still another way, I think that human knowledge is essentially active.
Jean PiagetMoral autonomy appears when the mind regards as necessary an ideal that is independent of all external pressures.
Jean Piaget